Monthly Archive for June, 2009

Developing for Android: the good, the bad and the just plain ugly

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Hi there, My name is Stephen and I’m a final year UCD Computer Science student and  one of the new Android interns at MercuryGirl Inc. Having been developing for the last six months or so on Android, I’d thought I’d throw in my two cents on what developing for this platform is like. Continue reading ‘Developing for Android: the good, the bad and the just plain ugly’

Branded iPhone apps: Some good and some bad

placeholderA hot topic recently has been the potential of branded iPhone applications. Do it properly and brands can achieve international exposure for relatively little investment, screw it up and your left with useless vanity projects…..

The big question we always ask ourselves when developing apps is “Would I use it everyday?”, if not then we go back to the drawing board. Continue reading ‘Branded iPhone apps: Some good and some bad’